The festival has been hosted by cities all over the world since 1923, and in 2017 it will take place in Vancouver 2-8 November.

The Canadian hosts have listed 14 different categories for the nominated works, embracing the diverse tendencies on the contemporary music scene with categories like ‘composer-performer’ and ‘creative music ensemble’. The ISCM-jury will choose at least one of the nominated Danish works for the concert programme of the festival.